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det(\left(\begin{matrix}4&3&-1\\0&5&2\\10&-7&8\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}4&3&-1&4&3\\0&5&2&0&5\\10&-7&8&10&-7\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
4\times 5\times 8+3\times 2\times 10=220
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
10\times 5\left(-1\right)-7\times 2\times 4=-106
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
220-\left(-106\right)
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
326
Subtract -106 from 220.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}4&3&-1\\0&5&2\\10&-7&8\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of expansion by minors (also known as expansion by cofactors).
4det(\left(\begin{matrix}5&2\\-7&8\end{matrix}\right))-3det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&2\\10&8\end{matrix}\right))-det(\left(\begin{matrix}0&5\\10&-7\end{matrix}\right))
To expand by minors, multiply each element of the first row by its minor, which is the determinant of the 2\times 2 matrix created by deleting the row and column containing that element, then multiply by the element's position sign.
4\left(5\times 8-\left(-7\times 2\right)\right)-3\left(-10\times 2\right)-\left(-10\times 5\right)
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
4\times 54-3\left(-20\right)-\left(-50\right)
Simplify.
326
Add the terms to obtain the final result.